Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Encryption threatens to lead all of us to a very dark place.
If the idea that my safety can only be enhanced by putting other people's privacy and safety in danger, then I don't want to be more safe.
The [Edward] Snowden disclosures created this perception that people's privacy was being put at significant risk.
Even if you don't state your ethnic background anywhere on LinkedIn or whether you are married with children, a scan of your photos and other people's photos featuring you will make it far easier to deduce.
The sheer amount of information captured from the average Google user makes this company a particularly big threat.
For WhatsApp to become a privacy-oriented service, it has to risk losing entire markets and clashing with authorities in their home country.
If information is collected, it will be compromised. People have no idea of the way that data collected for one purpose may be used for another.
WhatsApp doesn't only fail to protect your WhatsApp messages - this app is being consistently used as a Trojan horse to spy on your non-WhatsApp photos and messages.
